A West Valley man was arrested in Cedar City this week and charged with two first-degree felony counts of aggravated child sexual abuse.

Allan J. Bott, 71, is accused of sexually touching a 9-year-old girl from around July 7-14, 2017. He disclosed the abuse to his daughter as well as a representative of the Utah Department of Child and Family Services, according to the probable cause statement.

Iron County Attorney Scott Garrett said Bott and the 9-year-old girl were neighbors, and they traveled to Southern Utah together during the period in question.

Due to the position of trust Bott had over the girl, the charges are enhanced to aggravated.

A Cedar City police officer interviewed Bott at his home in August. The probable cause statement indicates Bott told the investigator he was with the girl, K.W., attending a play at the Shakespeare Festival on Southern Utah University's campus.

During the play, according to the statement, Bott told police K.W. "became upset and wanted to go home to her parents." Bott said the two left the play and sat outside in a secluded area, and he started rubbing her back because she told him she was homesick, the record says.

Bott told police he then began touching her chest underneath her shirt, the probable cause indicates.

"(Bott) said he had no intention, and it was an accident," arresting officer Justin Ludlow wrote in the statement.

Bott said he didn't want to touch the girl inappropriately, but that "the devil gets through him" and it just happened, Ludlow wrote.

Two days before Bott and K.W. were attending the play in Cedar City, the two were in St. George attending a performance at the Tuacahn Amphitheater, the statement reads.

According to the document, Bott said he touched the minor's vaginal area over her clothing for a period of five to 10 minutes.

Bott told police he "doesn't want to remember anything and he is trying to forget about it," Ludlow wrote in the report.

Court records indicate Bott has no prior criminal history in Iron County. His initial appearance in 5th District Court was Thursday, but he has yet to make a plea in his case.